2010–11 Dundee F.C. season explained

Club:	Dundee
Season:	2010–11
Manager:	Gordon Chisholm (until 15 October 2010) Barry Smith (from 15 October 2010)
Chairman:	Stuart Murphy
Stadium:	Dens Park
League:	Scottish First Division
League Result:	6th
Cup1:	Scottish Cup
Cup2:	League Cup
Cup3:	Alba Challenge Cup
League Topscorer:	Sean Higgins (9)
Season Topscorer:	Leigh Griffiths (12)
Highest Attendance:	7,746 (vs Partick Thistle, 30 April 2011)
Lowest Attendance:	3,503 (vs Cowdenbeath, 14 December 2010)
Average Attendance:	4,728
Prevseason:	2009–10
Nextseason:	2011–12
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The 2010–11 season was Dundee's 6th consecutive season in the Scottish First Division after being relegated from the SPL in 2005.

Season summary

Dundee had an average start to the season, but results dramatically improved despite going into administration culminating in the release of their manager Gordon Chisholm, his assistant Billy Dodds, and nine players.^[1] As a result of going into administration on 1 November 2010, the Dee were given a 25-point deduction as punishment.^[2] After the punishment was imposed, Dundee were left bottom of the First Division table with -11 points, 20 points behind the second-bottom team. Dundee went on a 23 match undefeated streak avoiding relegating & ending the season in mid table (6th).

Match results

Scottish Challenge Cup

Squad

Key: = Appearances, = Goals, = Yellow card, = Red card

Position	Nation	Name	League				Scottish Cup				League Cup				Challenge				Total
GK		Robert Douglas	34	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	0	2	1
GK		John Gibson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
GK		Scott Fox	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3+1	0	0	0
GK		Dominic Cervi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GK		Scott Findlay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GK		Bobby Geddes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF		Dominic Shimmin	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
DF		Gary Irvine	31	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	36	1	4	1
DF		Craig McKeown	34	1	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	38	1	9	1
DF		Eric Paton	3+1	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	3+4	0	0	0
DF		Stewart Greacen	0+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
DF		Milan Mišůn	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
DF		Rhys Weston	29+1	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	33+1	0	7	0
DF		Netan Sansara	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	1
DF		Matthew Lockwood	33	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	5	2	0
DF		Kyle Benedictus	10	0	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11+1	0	2	0
DF		Connor Rennie	4+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4+2	0	0	0
DF		Michael Hutcheon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF		Barry Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF		Neil McCann	2+1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2+1	1	0	0
MF		Brian Kerr	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
MF		Steven Robb	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
MF		Jamie Adams	11	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	1	6	0
MF		Gary Harkins	36	5	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	41	5	4	0
MF		Jonny Stewart	4+6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5+6	0	0	0
MF		Stephen O'Donnell	31+2	3	10	0	1	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	34+4	3	10	0
MF		Nicky Riley	32+1	3	6	1	0	0	0	0	1+1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	35+2	5	6	1
MF		Craig Forsyth	26+7	8	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	31+7	8	3	1
MF		Paul McHale	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	2+3	0	0	0
MF		Charlie Grant	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
MF		Ross Carnegie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF		Graham Webster	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0
MF		Gary Bartlett	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
FW		Graham Bayne	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
FW		Njazi Kuqi	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
FW		Colin McMenamin	3+5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0+2	1	0	0	5+7	2	0	0
FW		David Witteveen	2+3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2+3	1	0	0
FW		Jake Hyde	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0
FW		Leigh Griffiths	18	8	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	3	2	0	2	1	0	0	23	12	6	1
FW		Sean Higgins	19+7	9	6	1	1	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	1+1	1	0	0	21+9	10	7	1
FW		Tom Brighton	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
FW		Craig Robertson	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0
FW		Leighton McIntosh	7+5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7+5	4	0	0
FW		Alan Tulleth	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+3	0	0	0
FW		Gary Irons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW		Mickaël Antoine-Curier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0

Players with a zero in every column only appeared as unused substitutes

Records

Top goalscorers

width=60	Position	width=60	Nation	width=150	Name	width=80	League	width=80	Cups	width=80	Total
1		Leigh Griffiths	8	4	12
2		Sean Higgins	9	1	10
3		Craig Forsyth	8	0	8

Disciplinary record

width=40	Position	width=60	Nation	width=150	Name	width=80	Yellow	width=80	Red	width=80	Total
1		Craig McKeown	9	1	10
=		Steve O'Donnell	10	0	10
3		Sean Higgins	7	1	8

Transfers

Transfers Summer

Players in

Player	From	Fee
	Greenock Morton	Free^[3]
	Queen of the South	Free^[4]
	Hamilton Academical	Free^[5]
	St Mirren	Free
	St Johnstone	Free^[6]
	St Johnstone	Loan^[7]
	Walsall	Free^[8]
	Heart of Midlothian	Loan^[9]
	Stevenage Borough	Free

Players out

Player	To	Fee
	Livingston	Free^[10]
	MK Dons	Free^[11]
	APEP Pitsilia	Free^[12]
	Östersunds FK	Loan^[13]
	Cowdenbeath	Free^[14]
	Dunfermline Athletic	Undisclosed^[15]
	Viktoria Žižkov	Free^[16]
	Ayr United	Free^[17]
	Greenock Morton	Free^[18]
	Deveronvale	Loan
	Free agent	Free^[19]
	Free agent	Free
	Sligo Rovers	Free^[20]
	Linfield	Free^[21]
	Forfar Athletic	Free^[22]

Transfers Mid Window

Players in

Player	From	Fee
	Celtic	Loan^[23]
	Celtic	Loan^[24]

Players out

Player	To	Fee
	Partick Thistle	Free^[25]
	Queen of the South	Free^[26]
	East Stirlingshire	Free^[27]
	Free agent	Free^[28]
	Stenhousemuir	Free
	Stirling Albion	Free^[29]

Transfers Winter

Players out

Player	To	Fee
	Hamilton Academical	Free^[30]
	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£150k^[31]
	Montrose	Loan^[32]
	Dover Athletic	Free^[33]
	TPS Turku	Free^[34]

See also

• List of Dundee F.C. seasons

Notes and References

1. News: Administrator removes Dundee management team . BBC Sport . . 15 October 2010 . 23 July 2011 .
2. News: Dundee hit with 25-point penalty . BBC Sport . . 1 November 2010 . 23 July 2011 .
3. News: Dundee sign Morton defender Dominic Shimmin . BBC Sport . BBC . 27 May 2010 . 27 May 2010 .
4. News: Queen of the South goalkeeper Scott Fox joins Dundee . BBC Sport . BBC . 1 July 2010. 1 July 2010.
5. News: Dundee sign Stephen O'Donnell and Nicky Riley . BBC Sport . BBC . 17 July 2010 . 17 July 2010 .
6. News: GARY DONS THE DARK BLUE . dundeefc.co.uk . . 23 July 2010 . 24 July 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100921081937/http://dundeefc.co.uk/news_detail_iframe.asp?h=GARY-DONS-THE-DARK-BLUE&newsid=1064 . 21 September 2010 .
7. News: Saints loan out Adams . . Yahoo!. 29 July 2010 . 29 July 2010 .
8. News: Dundee sign up defender Netan Sansara. BBC Sport . BBC . 8 August 2010 . 9 August 2010 .
9. News: Dundee FC bring in Austrian striker David Witteveen . . . 28 August 2010 . 30 August 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100829090220/http://www.thecourier.co.uk/Sport/Football/article/4417/dundee-fc-bring-in-austrian-striker-david-witteveen.html . 29 August 2010 .
10. News: Bullock agrees Almondvale move . livingstonfc.co.uk . . 4 May 2010 . 12 June 2010 .
11. News: DONS COMPLETE MACKENZIE SIGNING . mkdons.com . . 21 May 2010 . 20 June 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100516153145/http://www.mkdons.com/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10420~2052665%2C00.html . 16 May 2010 .
12. News: Goalkeeper Derek Soutar joins Cypriots APEP Pitsilia . BBC Sport . BBC . 6 May 2010 . 7 May 2010 .
13. News: Swedish cracks Ostersunds swoop to land Dundee's Richie Hart on loan . Daily Record. Scotland . Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail . 7 June 2010 . 15 June 2010 .
14. News: Colin Cameron becomes Cowdenbeath player/assistant . BBC Sport . BBC . 5 July 2010 . 5 July 2010 .
15. News: Dunfermline sign Dundee's Clarke . BBC Sport . BBC . 15 July 2010 . 15 July 2010 .
16. News: Žižkov má poloviční rozpočet a nový kádr. Kouč Pulpit počítá s Klimplem a Mikolandou . Hospodářské noviny . 29 July 2010 . 16 September 2010 . cs . https://web.archive.org/web/20110718174022/http://sport.ihned.cz/c1-45317530-zizkov-ma-polovicni-rozpocet-a-novy-kadr-kouc-pulpit-pocita-s-klimplem-a-mikolandou . 18 July 2011 . dead.
17. News: Ayr United set to sign Eddie Malone and Ryan McCann . Ayrshire Post . 24 September 2010 . 8 October 2010 .
18. News: Darren Young signs . gmfc.net . . 12 November 2010 . 12 November 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716225122/http://www.gmfc.net/News/%26action%3Dfullnews%26id%3D446 . 16 July 2011.
19. News: Dundee aim to axe 16 from squad . BBC Sport . BBC . 6 May 2010 . 23 July 2011 .
20. News: Rovers sign McEvilly and Jim . sligorovers.com . . 2 July 2010 . 23 July 2011 .
21. News: Chris Casement signing delights Linfield boss Jeffrey . BBC Sport . BBC . 12 July 2010 . 23 July 2011 .
22. News: Bryan Deasley Signs . forfarathletic.co.uk . . 6 August 2010 . 23 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110930205015/http://www.forfarathletic.co.uk/index.php?option=com_flexicontent&view=items&cid=6:news&id=100:bryan-deasley-signs&Itemid=27 . 30 September 2011 . dead .
23. News: Swindon sign Czech defender Misun. 28 January 2011.
24. News: Dominic Cervi joins Dundee on loan . celticfc.net . . 10 December 2010 . 11 December 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101213030427/http://celticfc.net/news/stories/news_101210170652.aspx . 13 December 2010 .
25. News: McCall: Shotstopper Scott Fox can relaunch career at Partick Thistle . . 2 November 2010 . 21 January 2011 .
26. News: McMenamin joins Queen of the South . https://archive.today/20120911120114/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/mcmenamin-joins-queen-of-the-south/ . dead . 11 September 2012 . scottishfootballleague.com . . 11 November 2010 . 11 November 2010 .
27. News: Shire result very welcome . https://archive.today/20130202030520/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/shire-result-very-welcome/ . dead . 2 February 2013 . scottishfootballleague.com . . 23 November 2010 . 23 November 2010 .
28. News: Dundee FC dealt blow by signing embargo move . . . 5 January 2011 . 22 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110109191205/http://www.thecourier.co.uk/Sport/Football/article/9234/dundee-fc-dealt-blow-by-signing-embargo-move.html . 9 January 2011 . dead.
29. News: McHale signs on for season . stirlingobserver.co.uk . 12 January 2011 . 23 July 2011 .
30. News: Forward Antoine-Curier signs short Hamilton Accies deal . BBC Sport . BBC . 11 January 2011. 11 January 2011 .
31. News: Dundee's Leigh Griffiths set to join Wolves . 17 October 2020 . BBC Sport . 26 January 2011.
32. News: Montrose bring in First Division defender . scottishfootballleague.com . . 28 January 2011 . 28 January 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110204012308/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/montrose-bring-in-first-division-defender . 4 February 2011 .
33. News: Former Dundee defender Shimmin signs for Dover Athletic . BBC Sport . BBC . 10 February 2011 . 12 February 2011 .
34. News: Njazi Kuqi returns to Veikkausliiga . fc.tps.fi . 28 March 2011 . 28 March 2011 . fi . https://web.archive.org/web/20110515143928/http://fc.tps.fi/njazi_kuqi_palaa.1103.html . 15 May 2011 . dead.